Key Spouses attend resiliency training Published May 6, 2014 By Staff Sgt. Sean Martin 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Barksdale Air Force Base Key Spouses recently attended a resiliency training class in the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron Conference Room, May 3. The training provided an overview of Comprehensive Airman Fitness and encouraged Key Spouses to become Resilience Training Assistants. Resiliency is the ability to withstand, recover and/or grow in the face of stressors and changing demands. "CAF is a strength based approach that emphasizes what fit people and organizations do to foster balanced fitness and teaches adaptive skills that promote comprehensive fitness and optimal performance," said Jeff Maiette, 2nd Bomb Wing community support coordinator. "The CAF framework consists of four domains: mental, physical, social and spiritual fitness. These four domains provide a methodology for understanding, maintaining, and assessing the fitness of Airmen and their families." CAF provides an integrated framework that encompasses many cross-functional education and training efforts, activities, programs, and other equities that play a contributory role in sustaining a fit, resilient, and ready force. The primary purpose of the program is to serve as a link between unit leadership and families, help ensure families have the information and resources to meet their needs which directly impacts mission readiness. "We are faced with day-to-day stressors ranging from bills that need to be paid to an unexpected phone call," said Petrina LeBlanc, 2nd CES key spouse. "By taking this class, it can help us face those stressors and overcome them in a positive way." During the class, participants shared stories of stressors they encountered, how they dealt with them and if that decision was a positive choice. "The class gave us the tools and knowledge needed to not only overcome our own daily stressors, but ensure that the overall outcome would be a positive one for ourselves and our families," said LeBlanc. The healthier and more knowledgeable we can make spouses, the healthier and knowledgeable we can make the Air Force added LeBlanc. For more information on this class, contact Jeff Maiette at 456-8006.